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Michaela Chesin, Banner Staff WELLFLEET— There is only one contested race on the ballot for the annual town election on June 14 — an open three-year seat on the Cemetery Commission.   “I wouldn’t run if I didn’t feel like I had to,” commission candidate Donna Rickman said. Commission incumbent David Agger is also running again, having served on the commission for nine years.    One issue, from Rickman’s perspective, is a cemetery restoration project funded by Commun...

BILLY HOUGH, live-streamed "Scream along with Billy," at https://www.facebook.com/billy.hough1 JON RICHARDSON WITH PETER DONNELLY, live-streamed virtual performances at https://www.facebook.com/donnellyrichardson ERIC MAUL, live-streamed flute musical performances at https://www.facebook.com/ericmaulflute PATTY LARKIN, see live-streamed music and announcements by the Wellfleet-based singer, songwriter and guitarist. Visit https://www.facebook.com/PattyLarkinMusic/ SARAH BURRILL BAND, from 6 ...

/ Robert Frost once said, “We love the things we love for what they are”- and not, presumably, for what we might wish them to be. This is as true an observation for places as for people. Take Brush Valley, for example. Brush Valley is a modest-sized valley that lies just south of Truro’s Ballston Beach. It is one of a dozen or more ancient glacial valleys, or “hollows”, that bisect the Outer Cape from Eastham to North Truro They were created when the last great ice sheets moved down f...

30,000 steps on Cape Cod: A three-day walking tour Enjoy a change of scenery on these standout trails during an escape built around walking 10,000 steps daily through the Cape’s rich blend of geography, history, and culture. By Patricia Harris and David LyonUpdated March 4, 2021, 10:27 a.m. Email to a Friend Jack Richardson for the boston globe It was a smart watch instead of a Fitbit, but the well-intentioned gift was fraught with guilt. We knew we’d never match the writer David Se...

On Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in the winter and spring, staff at the Canteen in Provincetown take patrons on “a tour around the world.”

[This story originally appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A decades-old mainstay for seafood on the Outer Cape is shutting down. According to Patrick Maguire of Maguire Promotions & Hospitality Consulting, The Lobster Claw in Orleans is closing its doors permanently, with a Facebook post from the Route 6A restaurant saying that “…it’s time for the Berig family to say... sharks Aug 7, 2020 Swimmers were ordered out of the water at several Cape Cod beaches on Thursday mor...

Dance fans who have had to miss programs at The Yard in Chilmark because of the need to ferry to the island can experience some winter/spring programs presented virtually through the Martha’s Vineyard company. After the Yard’s 2020 season had to be canceled, new executive director Chloe Jones has set up a program to continue dance creation, performance and education this year “with a COVID-19 perspective.” There are several winter and spring events on tap for various ages and, behind th...

BILLY HOUGH, live-streamed "Scream along with Billy," at https://www.facebook.com/billy.hough1 JON RICHARDSON WITH PETER DONNELLY, live-streamed virtual performances at https://www.facebook.com/donnellyrichardson ERIC MAUL, live-streamed flute musical performances at https://www.facebook.com/ericmaulflute PATTY LARKIN, see live-streamed music and announcements by the Wellfleet-based singer, songwriter and guitarist. Visit https://www.facebook.com/PattyLarkinMusic/ BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL, virt...

Wellfleet crews responded to a garage fire overnight Monday.  

FALMOUTH — Debby Wells moved to Cape Cod in 2013 and in the years since she’s learned firsthand that being a renter on the Cape can be difficult.  She’s had three rentals sold from underneath her, but struck housing gold when she was able to secure a three-year lease for a condo in Falmouth. That goldmine may be running dry now as the Cape’s pre-existing housing crisis has been exacerbated by COVID-19.   Wells’ landlord didn’t offer a new lease for the fourth year and she recent...